Robinhood Chain reached a record 375,000 active addresses as DEX volume rose to $361 million and launchpad volume rebounded to $212 million. Uniswap controls 97% of the chain’s DEX liquidity.
The Treasury doubled long-end debt buybacks to at least $4 billion per operation after the 30-year yield hit 5.34%. Bitcoin gained 22.7% for the week and closed at $77,387, though the buybacks’ role in the rally remains unclear.
Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. legally. He gave no formal plan or timeline.
CASHCAT fell to about $0.107, down 47% from ThinkingUSD’s mid-July short entry near $0.199 and about 10% over 24 hours. The short gained roughly $92,000.
TokenWorks has used 167 ETH of a 327 ETH allocation to buy FWA for its reserve, making it a top-five FWA holder.
Trump said the U.S. will not resume talks until Iran is ready to sign a deal and left military action on the table. Oil gained more than $2, adding pressure to Bitcoin.
The StonkBrokers floor fell back to about 4 ETH after briefly recovering near 7 ETH. It traded at 13 ETH the prior week.
Phantom will end Sui support on September 24. Users can move their wallets or swap Sui into supported assets with Phantom’s fee waived.
Coinbase added Basecat, DebtReliefBot, Dolphin and Grass to its listing roadmap. The addition gives all four assets a possible route to Coinbase trading.
The SEC published Reg Crypto and opened a 60-day public comment period. The plan would let qualifying token issuers raise up to $75 million a year without full registration, with Form TR ending investment-contract status after promised managerial work is finished or permanently stopped.
Interfold launched FOLD for bonding and governance on its privacy network. Some airdropped tokens remain nontransferable and begin vesting September 1 over two years.
Basecat launched on Base under contract 0xb2000000000000000000004c27f6523082f41d01. Base and Base App accounts followed or shared the memecoin, but neither confirmed an official link.
Solana processed a record 4.24 billion transactions in July.
The U.S. put 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods into effect after trade talks collapsed. Canada plans dollar-for-dollar tariffs from September 8, an escalation that could push markets risk-off and weigh on Bitcoin.
Grayscale plans to convert its Zcash Trust into an ETF with a 2.5% annual fee. Shares are expected to start NYSE trading as ZCSH on August 25, subject to regulatory approval.
Investors pulled a net $389.7 million from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs from August 10 to 14, the largest weekly outflow in six weeks. Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for $153 million.
Strategy raised $333.7 million through MSTR sales and spent $132.2 million to retire $138.9 million of STRC. It bought or sold no Bitcoin and added $149.1 million to its cash reserves.
XRP gained 58% over the week and reached a seven-month high near $1.70. U.S. spot XRP ETFs took in $39.8 million, their strongest week since mid-May.
Situational Awareness entered liquidation in July after a pullback in its leveraged memory-chip positions. Citadel later sold more than 80% of the exposure it acquired, which may have weighed on Bitcoin miners that had pivoted into AI infrastructure.
LIT rallied from below $0.90 to $3.63. About 6 million LIT in short liquidations sat between $3.43 and $4.10, including $13 million near the market price.
Ink ecosystem NFTs rallied as traders bet on a September INK token launch and a possible Hyperliquid partnership. Rekt Ink gained about 500% in a day, and Quotrons reached a floor near $1,200.
CATE ran from about $10 million to $91 million, then heavy selling pushed its market cap to roughly $37 million before a rebound toward $50 million.
SOL slipped below $100 again after dropping from $102 to $88. It rebounded about 9% from the low but remained under the level.
Eric Trump said Donald Trump was not launching a new token and called the rumor a scam. TRUMP rose as much as 60% to $3.54 amid Robinhood Chain launch speculation.
Coldcard released firmware 5.6.1 after weak Mk3 seed generation was linked to Bitcoin thefts. Users who generated seeds from 2021 through July 2026 must create new ones with physical entropy and move their funds.